Employment
21,605
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 33149
NAICS 33149 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying - Industry Benchmarks
$81,773/yr average annual pay, with 14 SBA loans on record for NAICS 33149.
- 386
- Establishments
- 22K
- Workers employed
- $81,773/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 33149
Pennsylvania leads Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying activity nationally, across 386 establishments employing 22K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 386
- Business establishments (Census)
- 22K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $81,773/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $7M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying sits inside Manufacturing.
386 establishments employ 21,605 workers (56.0/location) at $81,773/yr average annual pay. Pennsylvania leads employment, followed by Ohio and Alabama.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$81,773/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
386
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 641; establishment count decreased by 24. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $1.8B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 56.0
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding NAICS 331491 | N/A |
| Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) NAICS 331492 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2,819 |
| Ohio | 1,803 |
| Alabama | 1,305 |
| California | 1,027 |
| Florida | 806 |
| Illinois | 734 |
| Massachusetts | 399 |
Showing top 10 of 28 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
14
Total Loan Volume
$7M
Avg Loan Size
$529K
Jobs Supported
52
Program Breakdown
7(a) 12 (86%)
504 2 (14%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
4 loans in this industry
New Business Share
14.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (5 yrs)
2020 3
2021 2
2022 4
2023 2
2024 3
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying?
386 business establishments. Together they employ 21,605 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying?
$81,773/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 56.0 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying employment?
Pennsylvania leads with 2,819 workers. Ohio (1,803) and Alabama (1,305) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying receive?
Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying businesses received 14 SBA loans totaling $7 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $529K. These loans supported 52 jobs at origination. Most lending (86%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 18% of that same 551-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 386 establishments, 21,605 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 14 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 33149 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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